Technologies developed and validated

Management of pigeon pea pod borer using entomopathogenic bacteria Bt strain ICAR-NBAIR
Bt G4

Management of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella, using Trichogrammatoidea bactrae

starin ICAR-NBAIR for the management of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella

Management chick pea pod borer using Helicoverpa armigera nucleopol;yhedrovirus

(HearNPV NBAIR 1)

Management of sugarcane white grub through enomopathogenic fungi, Metarhizium

anisopliae ICAR-NBAIR Ma4

Evaluation of bio-pesticides Lecanicilium lecani NBAIR Beauveria bassiana NBAIR for

the management of tea red spider mite, Oligonychus coffeae.

Evaluation of Fungal pathogens Metarhizium anisopliae NBAIR Beauveria bassiana NBAIR,

Lecanicilium lecanii NBAIR against chilli yellow mite and cucumber whitefly

Management of apple root borer using of Metarhizium anisopliae

Developed biointensive IPM for Tuta absoluta in tomato

Management of apple Codling moth, Cydia pomonella using Trichogramma cacoeciae in

Ladakh

Management of chick pea wilt and urdbean root rot through seed treatment with Trichoderma
viride @ 4g/kg and carbendazim @ 2gm per kg of seed

Management of maize stalk borer, Chilo partellus through the release of Trichogramma
chilonis

Management of soil borne diseases of crops through soil polarizations and biocontrol agents

Biological suppression of shoot and fruit borer, Earias vittella Fab. by using Bt formulation
in okra

Large scale validation of BIPM (Pseudomonas fluorescens + Beauveria bassiana +

Trichogramma japonicum / T. chilonis + /azadirachtin ) in rice.

Management of papaya mealybug Paracoccus marginatus through

the release of parasitoid Acerophagous papaya
Bio-intensive management of insect pests of brinjal using Azadirachtin 1500 ppm @ 2ml/lt
and Lecanicillium lecanii, pheromone traps and Trichogramma pretiosum

Management of Coconut Rugose Spiralling whitefly on coconut using yellow sticky traps, yellow
light traps, parasitiod Encarsia guadeloupae and predators viz., Mallada boninensis

Biological suppression of coconut rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) by prophylactic leaf

axil filling with botanical cakes @ 9g/palm, incorporation of Metarhizium majus @ 5x 10 11
spoes/m3 in breeding sites and release of Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus infected beetles @ 12
beetles/ha and nanoporous matrix delivery of pheromones 1 trap/ha

Biological suppression of black headed caterpillar (Opisina arenosella) by augmentative

release of stage specific parasitoids (Bracon brevicornis @ 20/palm) and Goniozus nephantidis
@ 20/palm)

Biorational and nutritional management of coconut eriophyid mite (Aceria guerroronis) using
neem formulation, Hirsutella thompsonii @ 20 g talc based preparation/L of water containing
1.6x108cfu, soil-test based nutrition

Bio-intensive management of red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) using

prophylactic leaf axil filling with botanical cakes, Steinernema sp plus imidacloprid and
nanoporous matrix delivery of pheromones

Bio-intensive management of coconut root grub (Leucopholis coneophora) using Steinernema

carpocapsae @ 1.5 billion IJs / ha plus imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 0.25 ml / litre during
September-October, and soil incorporation of neem cake @ 5 kg/palm

Management of rice bug Leptocorisa acuta using oil formulation of Lecanicillium saksenae
(KAU isolate ITCC 7714) and Metarhizium anisopliae NBAIR Ma 4

Management of sugarcane white grub using entomopathogenic nematodes, Heterorhabditis

indica WP NBAIR-H38 and entomofungus Metarhizium anisopliae NBAIR-Ma4

Biological control of maize stem borer, Chilo partellus using Trichogramma chilonis @
100,000/ha/release at 15, 22 and 29 days after seedling emergence at 7- 10 day interval

Large scale bio-intensive pest management on rice using Pseudomonas fluorescens,

Trichogramma japonicum and Trichogramma chilonis against rice diseases and leaf folder.

Bio intensive pest management on Brinjal using Azadirachtin and Lecanicillium lecanii,
Trichogramma chilonis
Management of sucking pests of cotton by spraying of Lecanicillium lecanii NBAIR- Vl8 - 2
x 108cfu/g (1% WP ) @ 40 g /10 litre water or Beauveria bassiana NBAIR- Bb5a - 2 x 108cfu/g
(1% WP) @ 40 g /10 litre water at fortnightly interval for three times starting from initiation
of sucking pests

Management of okra fruit borer by using Bacillus thuringiensis NBAIR Bt-G4 (1% WP) @
50g /10 litre water or NSKE 5% (500g/ 10 litre water) at fifteen days interval for three times
or six releases of Trichogramma chilonis @ 50,000/ha at weekly interval starting from the
initiation of fruit borer (Earias vittella) for the effective biological control.

Management of chilli fruit rot/anthracnose disease using Pichia guilliermondii (Y-12) or

Pseudomonas fluorescens

BIPM on tomato through six releases of Trichogramma chilonis @50,000/ha at weekly interval
starting from fruit formation

Management of coconut rugose spiralling white fly using entomopathogen Isaria fumosorosea
@ 5g / lit against